Under-fire RFU tackles mini revolt by Simon Halliday

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Halliday said there are winners and losers but what is key is not to demean the loserMARC ASPLAND/The Times

Alex Lowe

Last updated at 12:01AM, January 27 2014

The RFU last night defended its plans to remove a “win-at-all-costs mentality”
it believes is creeping into mini rugby. The union fears that placing too
strong an emphasis on winning will lead to many children leaving the sport.

Surrey Rugby has approved changes for a mini-rugby festival, prompting a
furious response from Simon Halliday, the former England three-quarter and a
board member at Esher, who said his club had withdrawn.

The rules state there will be no overall winner and that team managers should
make changes if their side is winning easily. Halliday told the Financial
Times: “In sport there